CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

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Changed

Fixed

[0.6.8] - 2023-02-21

Added

• Support for the build.rs generation file that creates the gen.rs file
• Support for benchmark in the SDL frontend
• Palette switching for the SDL frontend

Fixed

• Bug with ROM title that included 0x0 characters in it
• V-Sync issue with SDL

[0.6.7] - 2023-02-13

Changed

• Bumped base emukit version

[0.6.6] - 2022-12-04

Added

• Support for theme and palette selection
• Theme stored in localStorage

[0.6.5] - 2022-11-27

Added

• Canonical URL support for boytacean.joao.me

Changed

• Small help changes regarding Gamepad

[0.6.4] - 2022-11-22

Fixed

• Emukit version bump

[0.6.3] - 2022-11-21

Fixed

• Emukit version bump

[0.6.2] - 2022-11-21

Changed

• Made UI generic by extracting components into EmuKit
• More generic help panels

[0.6.1] - 2022-11-19

Fixed

• Exclusion of files from Cargo.toml

[0.6.0] - 2022-11-19

Added

• Support for Ctrl+D (Speedup) and Ctrl+K (Keyboard toggle) shortcuts
• Initial help panel
• Palette debugging panel

Fixed

• Android highlight color in buttons
• Android issue with arrow pointers

[0.5.7] - 2022-11-17

Fixed

• More issues related with bad PPU handling

[0.5.6] - 2022-11-17

Fixed

• Issue with background color and change of palette colors
• Issue related with STAT interrupt not being triggered for all conditions

[0.5.5] - 2022-11-17

Fixed

• PPU issue related to the maximum number of objects/sprite per line being 10, issue detected by ACID test
• Object pixel drawing priority issue, issue detected by ACID test
• Issue associated with the wrongful flipping of 8x16 sprites, issue detected by ACID test
• Issue associated with drawing of window tiles, due to extra update_stat() operations, issue detected by ACID test

[0.5.4] - 2022-11-15

Fixed

• Critical issue with loading of Boot ROM

[0.5.3] - 2022-11-15

Changed

• New default demo ROM

[0.5.2] - 2022-11-14

Added

• Support for Gamepad Web API - #9 (closed)
• Support for palette changing using GET param - #10 (closed)

Fixed

• Start and Select buttons order

[0.5.1] - 2022-11-14

Changed

• Small cosmetic changes

[0.5.0] - 2022-11-14

Added

• Support for true fullscreen at a browser level
• Support for more flexible palette colors
• Support for setting palette colors using WASM
• Local storage usage for saving battery backed RAM

[0.4.5] - 2022-11-12

Fixed

• Critical error that prevented physical keyboard from working

[0.4.4] - 2022-11-12

Added

• Support for responsive physical keyboard

[0.4.3] - 2022-11-11

Added

• Better debug panel support
• Support for some GET parameters
• Support for fullscreen on screen keyboard mode

[0.4.2] - 2022-11-09

Fixed

• Arrow keys usage for on-screen Gamepad
• Wrong UX for keyboard focus and fullscreen

[0.4.1] - 2022-11-06

Added

• Logic frequency control using on click UI and keyboard
• Support for on screen keyboard for Game Boy
• Support for remote ROM loading using URL - #3 (closed)

[0.4.0] - 2022-11-01

Added

• A whole new layout implemented using React.JS
• Instant boot support using the GameBoy.boot() method
• Support for pending cycles in web version

Changed

• Improved drawing speed at the SDL example
• Better handling of panic!() in web version

Fixed

• Issue related to STAT interrupt and H-Blank
• Issue related to overflow in sprite drawing
• Issue related to the RAM bank selection in some of the MBCs

[0.3.0] - 2022-07-11

Added

• Support for 8x16 sprites
• Support for MBC5, think Pokemon Yellow

Fixed

• Issue with MBC1 and Advanced ROM Banking Mode
• Issue related to LDC power of and return mode

[0.2.0] - 2022-07-10

Added

• Support for drag and drop loading in SDL
• SDL fixes related to timing
• Support for drawing windows
• Initial experimental support for MBC3 (for Pokemon Red/Blue)

Fixed

• Timer related issue, made test on inst timing pass
• Clear first frame issue, with first_frame flag

[0.1.1] - 2022-07-08

Fixed

• License name in the Cargo.toml file

[0.1.0] - 2022-07-08

Added

• Support for sprite drawing, works with Tetris
• Support for timers
• Initial working version

Fixed

• Problem in the switching of the LCD mode